Finksburg man arrested after alleged burglaries

A Finksburg man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly burglarized two residences in April of last year.

Daniel Brent Kowalski, 38, of the 1700 block of Tank Road, was charged with seven counts including first-degree burglary, theft between $1,000 and $10,000 and second-degree assault for an incident on April 23 and four counts including first-degree burglary from an incident on April 25. He is being held without bond after a Monday bail review, according to electronic court records.

According to the statement of charges, on April 22, a Finksburg woman awoke to find Kowalski in her residence. Kowalski was known to her, and had been prohibited from entering the residence.

The woman convinced him to leave the residence, but after he failed to drive away, she observed several electronics belonging to her in his vehicle. He threw a handful of small pebbles at the woman before fleeing. The electronics were valued at approximately $480.

The next morning, the same woman and her husband observed Kowalski on their property again. Kowalski fled when confronted, but the woman’s husband later discovered a theft of approximately $600 worth of tools, according to the statement. The couple reported the incident to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the statement of charges, on April 25 a Finksburg man reported to a Maryland State Police trooper that clothing, a television and prescription medicine were missing from his residence. The man positively identified Kowalski from images captured by a neighbor’s closed-circuit television camera that had allegedly recorded the incident.